When leadership changes in any nation, I’ve never really seen the core policies change. Minuscule domestic changes, perhaps, changes in rhetoric, but nothing internationally or globally. This is true in the US & Canada. Most European nations, save for a very few, seem to have this same inertia or indifference, maybe even avoidance of change? Not sure exactly which word/s describe the extreme status quo maintenance. Israel looks to be suffering this same fate. The world is changing. That’s clear. I believe Trump will continue to resist that change.
Some of the names being bandied about certainly indicate the intent to stay the global empire course.
The first clues about Trump’s policy will be the appointments he makes to senior national security positions.”
It’s not out of the question that some veterans of Trump’s first time in office could return to serve in different posts, including Mike Pompeo, who served as secretary of state; Keith Kellogg, who acted as National Security Adviser to Vice President Mike Pence; or Richard Grenell, Trump’s ambassador to Germany who later served as acting director of national intelligence.
Brian Hook,a top State Department official during the first Trump administration, is expected to lead Trump’s transition team at the State Department, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
CNN reported that Brian Hook, a top State Department official during the first Trump administration, is “expected to lead Trump’s transition team at the State Department, according to three sources familiar with the matter”.
Politico also reported that the former Iran man is now “overseeing plans for state”, drawing on his experience under the first administration.
Known for his hawkish approach to Iran, he is “set to lead the transition for America’s diplomats”, according to The Guardian.
He left office in 2020, signaling the collapse of any diplomatic success with Iran, having held hopes that nuclear issues could be resolved, in spite of Trump’s departure from the JCPOA.
He was at the heart of Trump’s heavy sanctions and was blamed in turn for the collapse of the Iranian economy and the government’s finances as Trump tried to squeeze Iran into submission.
Lastly
Brian Berletic @ The New Atlas
We shall see…….
12 replies on “Early Clues On Trump Policies”
Hi Penny:
Have you noticed Trumps new slogan? “Make America Healthy Again”. I think that is what RFK Jr. added to the campaign. Although that is a noble cause, it is apparent to me that they don’t know how to do it. Their advisory board is mainly doctors. What do doctor’s know about health creation? RFK Jr has talked about getting all the bad things out of the food. Unfortunately what is in the food is not the problem compared to what is not in the food. Modern agriculture is all about yield (aka money) with no regard to nutrition. Back in the middle of the last century the late soil scientist, William Albrecht, PhD, was explaining in papers he wrote how agriculture’s goal of maximum yield per acre was decreasing the nutritional values per acre. Albrecht’s point of view was summarized in his statement, “Its not the overpowering invader we must fear but the weakened condition of the victim.”
Until his point of view is adapted, things will only get worse. What is interesting to me is that the large body of scientific .evidence to support this point of view exists but is ignored.
Hi Gary
I hadn’t noticed the slogan-
I wanted to include an article covering the basics of healthy soil- hoping the one below is sufficient?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/daphneewingchow/2020/06/24/earths-rapidly-degrading-soil-is-bad-news-for-human-health/
Second- the book linked seems interesting- and worth purchasing- have you read this?
I understand the author is an individual who received all of Albrecht’s works upon his death
https://www.amazon.ca/Eco-Farm-Acres-U-S-Primer-dp-0911311742/dp/0911311742/ref=dp_ob_title_bk
Hi Penny:
The Forbes article is better than nothing. I am actually surprised that Forbes would publish an article like that. A much better article is:
https://price-pottenger.org/pdfs/A166_2.pdf
It’s the only chapter in Price’s book, “Nutrition and Physical Degeneration”, not written by Price. Albrecht also wrote the foreword to the supplement.
I owned a hard cover copy of the “Acres U.S.A. Primer” back in the 1990’s. I loaned it to someone who never returned it. Now, however, I don’t need it as when I purchased it, I also purchased the first three volumes of “The Albrecht Papers”. Later when I was at my first Acres U.S.A. annual conference, I purchased volume IV.
If you wish to understand the consequences of declining soil fertility on human health, the best read is “Nutrition and Physical Degeneration” by Price. If you wish to understand the consequences of milk pasteurization, I would suggest “Pottenger’s Cats” by Francis Pottenger, Jr. Both are available at the Price-Pottenger Foundation.
thanks Gary
I’ll check out the articles you’ve left links too and yes I was surprised to see Forbes had published an article such as that-
The book I asked about looked like an excellent Christmas gift for hubby but will check out the others too
Just what we need, another book! rofl!
Penny,
The opening lines of your latest post were classic… disturbing with their self evident truth, they are irrefutable and define my life long ‘realism’ which many have seen as pessimism. ” When leadership changes in any nation, I’ve never really seen the core policies change. Minuscule domestic changes, perhaps, changes in rhetoric, but nothing internationally or globally…inertia or indifference, maybe even avoidance of change? ”
My optimistic hope today is that a second Trump regime, freed of any need to court media acceptability and re-election will have less fear of change, more success combating inertia and indifference. I share Gary’s hope for RFK Jr.’s health initiatives. I also hope that Trump’s possible ‘isolationism’ inherent in an ‘America First” agenda will blunt the NATO / globalist anti Russian /Chinese policy of military confrontation. Perhaps the economic downfall of European NATO countries will allow the US to finally discredit the neo-con faction and allow for a disentanglement from the Banderist faction in the Ukraine.
I also hope that a second Trump term will have less need of subservience to AIPAC donations. Perhaps the majorities in the Senate and House will produce less fear of weaponized ‘lawfare’ and blackmail.
I fear false flag provocations and political assassinations as the regime moves to slay the sacred cows of American and ‘western’ politics that have buttressed inertia and indifference for so long.
You see, deep down I am a wide eyed naive optimist still hanging on to my 1960’s ‘hippie’ roots, maybe just a “daydream believer” …
Hi Mark:
NIce, a reference to “The Monkees”.
Hi Gary,
As much as I am loath to associate myself to “The Monkees”, a band that at the time I considered goofy manufactured pop and decidedly un-cool, now 50 plus years latter I must concede some of their lyrics still reside in some distant synapses of my addled memories.
We are not taking the last train to Clarksville?!
How about Aldershot? 😉
I smiled when I read it!
Realist and Cynic. Yah, labels I know well and wear proudly
I don’t generally think I’m a pessimist- Because we can all choose differently.
Or not, if that’s what we choose.
Which leaves me in the optimist corner, same as yourself!
Trump did win large, so he has a good mandate from the populace and should be able to stay away from the special interest groups that plague us all- The Americans in this case, there here too! But will he? Cause they are not going to stay away from him!
Cheer up sleepy Jean, I mean, Mark 🙂
Hi Penny!
Sorry for the late reply.
Yes I am doing very well and I did finish my studies and grateful to have a good job.
Great to see that you are still spreading the truth. How is your hubby and daughter? You feeling better?
Yes, I agree that the Trump administration is not going to change the status quo.
Some updates on UK/Europe:
-migrant crisis (boat crossings) getting more and more. Most of the smuggling done by ‘Kurdish gangs’ AKA PKK. Most of the migrants arriving with no passport and being put up in taxpayer funded hotels. What’s your opinion on this? Another globalist agenda?
-I don’t know if you heard about the riots over the summer in the UK. Sparked by the stabbing if 3 little girls, initially said to be a British-born Rwandan choir boy. People thinking it was a Muslim. Protests turned into riots targeting public/private property, a lot against Muslims. You think these were stirred up to create tension? Lots if people jailed, even those who were not violent. 2 months later, media are saying they found an Al Qaeda terrorist manual in his room, insinuating that he could be Muslim. People now claiming that the media were trying to ‘cover up’ the fact that he was a Muslim. I think this was all an inside job. Rwanda is 98% Christian. The UK has also been trying to create a policy to send migrants to Rwanda to process their asylum applications there. Do you think they are trying to demonize the Rwandans by portraying them as Muslim and terrorist?
-Amsterdam scenes-have you seen what happened with the Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters who came along with Mossad agents. They were attacking Arabs all night and then the Moroccans came together ti beat them up. Media portraying it as a ‘pogrom’ against the Jews. Another incident done by Mossad to demonize the Palestinians/Arabs?
Ally, I’m feeling better- thanks for asking and the family is good too!
You’ve brought up a lot, give me time to get back to you on all of this.!
And glad you got a good job! Terrific news!